Renal Module

The Renal – Acid/Base module provides experiential education for pre-health professions students by applying their basic science knowledge to the pathophysiology of scenarios of acid/base disorders and the body’s compensatory mechanisms. Basic science correlates to clinical medicine include:

1. Basic anatomy and physiology of the kidney
2. The effect of hydrostatic and oncotic pressures on glomerular filtration
3. The effect buffers have on pH of solutions
4. Bicarb as a buffer and the carbonic acid equilibrium
5. How the body maintains a stable pH and a homeostatic environment
6. The effect of dissolved CO₂ on pH and Henry’s Law
7. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation and its utility in calculating pH and bicarb levels
8. The pathophysiology and compensatory mechanism of metabolic acidosis
9. The pathophysiology and compensatory mechanism of metabolic alkalosis
10. The pathophysiology and compensatory mechanism of respiratory acidosis
11. The pathophysiology and compensatory mechanism of respiratory alkalosis